Philadelphia Flyers right wing Wayne Simmonds has played in Germany and the Czech Republic during the lockout. / Christopher Szagola, US Presswire

by Kevin Allen, USA TODAY Sports

by Kevin Allen, USA TODAY Sports

Agent Eustace King says the sad aspect of Philadelphia Flyers forward Wayne Simmonds experiencing racial taunts in a game in the Czech Republic Sunday is that his client already has experience in dealing with such incidents.

"He knows how to manage and deal with this kind of stuff," King said. "But he doesn't feel like he should have to deal with it. This is another incident, about 12 months from the last one, and people who do these things need to be addressed swiftly and sternly. It's about behavior modification. Other people will have their behavior modified by what happens to these fans.

With NHL players locked out, Simmonds is playing for a road game Liberec in the Czech league, and reports say the Chomotov fans began chanting the word "opice" at him after he had a on-ice fight with Miroslav Zalesak. Opice translates to "monkey" in English.

"From what I've heard, and I don't have a confirmed source, it was a group in the crowd or a small section," King said.

King said Simmonds, who doesn't speak Czech, had no idea what fans were saying until he was informed after the game. He plays on the Liberec team with fellow African American Chris Stewart of the St. Louis Blues.

"And once they found out they were highly offended," King said.

In September 2011, someone at an NHL preseason game in London, Ontario, tossed a banana peel onto the ice when Simmonds was on a shootout attempt.

Since then, King has pushed for the idea that there should be a "code of conduct" for fans, a notification to them that there would be consequences if they act inappropriately in the stands.

"I've had discussions with people about this matter and what happened last year and my understanding is it's being taken very seriously," King said. "You can't stop the person in the time of action, but they will know there will be repercussions."

King said he is particularly concerned about the NHL neutral-site games when the fan base isn't the usual crowd that watches NHL games. But he said there should be a code of conduct for everyone. "Fans need to be reminded on an annual basis," King said. "It's no different than the players are reminded on an annual basis on how to (behave). Because there are always new players coming in, the young guys have to go through media/diversity training and fans need to go through it."

The Chomutov team issued this statement on its website from general manager Jaroslav Veverka: "It was embarrassing, pathetic and small. I ask these people to not attend Chomutov hockey games. ... We'll do our best to find people who are the originators of this act and prevent them entry to the stadium."

King said he was pleased with Chomutov's response: "Their investigation is ongoing, but the fact that they have publicly responded swiftly to condemn it was a clear indication that they are very serious about how Wayne was treated. They clearly aren't going to tolerate that and they want to do something about it."